AtDDtA1: An Enthusiastic Ukuleleist

[David Morris]

Oh, but Vineland proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that Pynchon thinks
TV is corrupting.  ; )

> "It seems that Pynchon's sister Judith once taught at Suffolk
> Community College and a colleague of [John Krafft, editor of Pynchon
> Notes]'s actually dated her, and actually asked her, one time, 'What's
> your brother likely to be doing right now?' and she said 'Watching The
> Brady Bunch.' This, I learn, is a wholesome family sitcom which was
> run and rerun throughout the Seventies, and it's Pynchon's favourite
> show. So, Tom is just like you and me! He watches cruddy TV!"
>
> http://www.pynchon.pomona.edu/bio/influences.html